The complexity of modern scientific simulations combined with the complexity of the high-performance computer hardware on which they run places an ever-increasing burden on scientific software developers, with clear impacts on both productivity and performance. We argue that raising the level of abstraction of the programming model/environment is a key element of addressing this situation. We present examples of two distinctly different approaches to raising the level of abstraction of the programming model while maintaining or increasing performance: the Tensor Contraction engine, a narrowly-focused domain specific language together with an optimizing compiler; and Extended Global Arrays, a programming framework that integrates programming models dealing with different layers of the memory/storage hierarchy using compiler analysis and code transformation techniques.

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Tubing and rods of the S.P. Pedro-Nepple No.1 well were pulled and the well was prepared for running of Schlumberger's Cased Hole Formation Resistivity Tool (CHFR) in selected intervals. The CHFR tool was successfully run and data was captured. The CHFR formation resistivity readings were compared to original open hole resistivity measurements. Separation between the original and CHFR resistivity curves indicate both swept and un-swept sand intervals. Both watered out sand intervals and those with higher remaining oil saturation have been identified. Due to the nature of these turbidite sands being stratigraphically continuous, both the swept and unswept layers have been correlated across to one of the four nearby offset shallow wells. As a result of the cased hole logging, one well was selected for a workover to recomplete and test suspected oil saturated shallow sand intervals. Well S.P. Pedro-Nepple No.2 was plugged back with cement excluding the previously existing production interval, squeeze cemented behind casing, selectively perforated in the shallower ''Bell'' zone and placed on production to develop potential new oil reserves and increase overall well productivity. Prior workover production averaged 3.0 BOPD for the previous six-months from the original ''Meyer'' completion interval. Post workover well production was increased …

We introduce TLHaar, an n-bit to n-bit reversible transform similar to the Haar IntegerWavelet Transform (IWT). TLHaar uses lookup tables that approximate the Haar IWT, but reorder the coefficients so they fit into n bits. TLHaar is suited for lossless compression in fixed-width channels, such as digital video channels and graphics hardware frame buffers.

Detailed knowledge of how materials respond to strong shocks or other extreme conditions on rapid timescales (such as laser heating) are required to support LLNL missions of national security and stockpile stewardship. This project started in FY01 to develop and demonstrate a new pump-probe characterization capability for investigating ultrafast changes in the chemical and electronic structure of materials under extreme conditions with picosecond time resolution. The LLNL COMET (Compact Multipulse Terawatt) [1] is a compact 15 TW laser facility operating at 1054 nm wavelength, and utilizes the technique of chirped pulse amplification to produce two high power beams at a rate of 1 shot every 4 minutes. A short pulse length varied from 500 fs to 25 ps and a long 600 ps (FWHM) pulse is focused in a high intensity line focus with a traveling wave geometry to generate an intense Ni-like Pd ion 4d-4p x-ray laser (XRL) line at 14.7 nm (84.5 eV). Total energy in the two beams is of order 3-7 J to produce lasing where the peak-to-peak delay between the laser pulses is found to be optimal at 700 ps with the short pulse arriving after the long pulse. Typical COMET x-ray laser characteristics are …

This is the report of the Workshop on Opportunities in THz Science, held on February 12-14, 2004 in Arlington, VA. This workshop brought together researchers who use or produce THz radiation for physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, and materials science to discuss new research opportunities and common resource needs. The charge from the sponsors of the workshop was to focus on basic science questions within these disciplines that have and can be answered using THz radiation.

Interview with printer Johnny Cox. The interview includes Cox's personal experiences about attending the Texas International Pop Festival in Lewisville, Texas, enrolling in Texas Tech University, and playing in bands while at Texas Tech. Cox talks about generational conflicts with his parents, taking guitar lessons as a teenager, the appeal of the Beatles and their music, his high school friends and activities, changing clothing styles in the Sixties, meeting his first wife, his opposition to the Vietnam War, his decision to attend the Texas International Pop Festival, drug use at the festival, his first personal use of LSD, how LSD put the music in a different perspective for him, the "free stage," and the Texas International Pop Festival as a turning point in his life. He also comments on Janis Joplin's performance, Canned Heat and B.B. King, the performances of Led Zeppelin and Spirit, and crowd behavior at the festival.

Photograph of Angela Bofill - jazz singer - singing with microphone in right hand and her left hand raised. Photograph taken at the Heart of Jazz: A Tribute to Nina Simone event, which also featured Miki Howard & Les McConn, held in the Naomi Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph of keyboardist Bobby Sparks playing the keys for Les McConn at the Heart of Jazz: A Tribute to Nina Simone event also featuring Miki Howardand Angela Bofill, held in the Naomi Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph of Angela Bofill - a jazz vocalist - singing into a microphone onstage at the Heart of Jazz: A Tribute to Nina Simone event also featuring Miki Howard & Les McConn, held in the Naomi Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Close-up photograph of jazz singer Angela Bofill singing into a microphone with a black beaded cap on her head. Photograph taken at the Heart of Jazz: A Tribute to Nina Simone event also featuring Miki Howard & Les McConn held in the Naomi Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph of vocalist Angela Bofill singing into her microphone, wearing a black beaded cap. Photograph taken at the Heart of Jazz: A Tribute to Nina Simone event also featuring Miki Howard & Les McConn, held in the Naomi Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph of jazz singer Angela Bofill singing into a microphone with her eyes closed at the Heart of Jazz: A Tribute to Nina Simone event also featuring Miki Howard & Les McConn, held in the Naomi Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph of jazz vocalist Angela Bofill's profile while singing at the Heart of Jazz: A Tribute to Nina Simone event also featuring Miki Howard & Les McConn, held in the Naomi Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Close-up photograph of jazz pianist Les McCann onstage at the Heart of Jazz: A Tribute to Nina Simone event featuring Miki Howard, Les McConn, and Angela Bofill, held in the Naomi Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph of jazz musician Keith Anderson gazing upward while playing his saxophone at the Heart of Jazz: A Tribute to Nina Simone event featuring Miki Howard, Les McCann, and Angela Bofill, held in the Naomi Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Close-up photograph of Keith Anderson playing a saxophone with Les McCann's band at the Heart of Jazz: A Tribute to Nina Simone event also featuring Miki Howard and Angela Bofill, held in the Naomi Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Close-up photograph of keyboard player Bobby Sparks taken at the Heart of Jazz: A Tribute to Nina Simone event featuring Miki Howard, Les McConn, and Angela Bofill, held in the Naomi Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Close-up photograph of Les McConn playing the piano at the Heart of Jazz: A Tribute to Nina Simone event featuring Miki Howard, Les McConn, and Angela Bofill, held in the Naomi Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Close-up photograph of Les McCann - noted jazz pianist - smiling into his microphone. Photograph taken at the Heart of Jazz: A Tribute to Nina Simone event also featuring jazz vocalists Miki Howard and Angela Bofill, held in the Naomi Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph of jazz pianist Les McConn gesturing with his right hand while speaking into a microphone at the Heart of Jazz: A Tribute to Nina Simone event also featuring Miki Howard and Angela Bofill, held in the Naomi Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Close-up photograph of Miki Howard and Angela Bofill posing together. Photograph taken at the Heart of Jazz: A Tribute to Nina Simone event featuring Miki Howard, Les McConn, and Angela Bofill, held in the Naomi Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Close-up photograph of Miki Howard taken at the Heart of Jazz: A Tribute to Nina Simone event featuring Miki Howard, Les McConn, and Angela Bofill, held in the Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Close-up photograph of jazz singer Miki Howard with her head titled back, singing passionately into her microphone. Photograph taken at the Heart of Jazz: A Tribute to Nina Simone event also featuring Les McConn, and Angela Bofill, held in the Naomi Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.